Buckle



Dec 1924- 1,519,274

(3. E. STURGIS BUCKLE Filed Jan. 3, 1922 NTOR.

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Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

CHARLES E. STURGIS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

BUCKLE.

Application filed January 3, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CI-IARLEs E. STUnoIs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to buckles and an object thereof is to provide a construction in which the anchoring member is pivotally connected to a front member which has side flanges operating on opposite sides of the anchoring member interlooking with the front member at a point removed from the pivot for the purpose of preventing the front member mowing accidentally to release the strap end.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Fig. l is a plan view of a buckle con structed in accordance with this invention:

Fig. 2 shows the buckle in side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the buckle showing a strap end secured thereby;

Fig. 4: is a detail view of the buckle showing the latter in open position;

Fig. 5 is an end view of the buckle; and

Fig. 6 is an. enlarged view of the buckle in side elevation.

The embodiment of the invention herein illustrated employs a front member and an anchoring member. The front member, in this instance, is formed by a front plate 1 and side flan es 2, made from one piece of metal with the front plate. The anchoring member has an anchoring portion 3 secured to a suitable support 4 such as a camera case or other article to which the buckle may be attached by fastening devices 5 and extends outwardly at ('3, then inwardly at T to provide an off set portion. Beyond this off set portion an outwardly deflected portion 8, the extreme end of which is pivotally connected at f.) to the side flanges 2 to the front member preferably near one end of said front member. A grip strap 4; may be provided with a slit so that said strap may overlie the anchoring portion :5 and underlie the other portion of the anchoring member.

Serial No. 526,568.

The other end of the front member is adapted to interlock with the anchoring member, and to this end such other end of the front member is provided with abutments or shoulders 10 on the side flanges 2 adapted to cooperate with laterally extending resilient portions 11 formed on opposite sides of the anchoring member at the off set portion. The portions of the anchoring member beyond the resilient portions 11 are of such a width as to be received within the side flanges 2 of the front member, whereas the resilient portions 11 are spaced apart at such a distance as to cooperate with the ends of the side flanges 2, when the front member is swung toward the anchoring member from its position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3, the projecting portions on the side flanges 2 cooperating with the resilient portions 11, so that the latter yield and thereafter spring back of the shoulders 10 holding the front member in its inward position with reference to the anchoring member.

Any suitable means may be employed for holding the strap end 12 between the front member and the anchoring member. In this instance, the anchoring member has two retaining tongues 13 and 14 struck up from the metal of the anchoring member and having pointed free ends which cooperate with the inner face of the front plate to retain the strap end 12 against sliding movement. In this instance, the projections 13 and let incline slightly with reference to the plane of the front plates when the parts are in operative position so that they are more capable of supporting the strain placed thereon by tension on the strap 12.

In order to release the strap end, it is merely necessary to pull upwardly upon the end which lies over the attaching portion 3. This swings the front member upwardly as shown in the Fig. 2 and permits the strap to be withdrawn from the buckle. In inserting the strap, the buckle is positioned as shown in Fig. and the strap end is passed between the flanges 2 adjacent the pivot until the desired position for the strap end is reached. after which the front member is swung downwardly so that the swinging ends of the side flanges 2 will cooperate with the retaining devices 11 on the anchoring member.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a buckle of the type having a front member With side flanges and an anchoring member operating between the flanges, wherein the side flanges interlock with the anchoring member to hold the two members together.

That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1, A buckle comprising an anchoring member, a front member having side flanges lying on opposite sides of the anchoring member and having the latter pivotally connected thereto, said side-flanges having the extreme edges thereof out to form shoulders, and means on the anchoring member arranged to engage said shoulders to hold the front member in cooperative relation with the anchoring member said means being in the form of off-set port-ions extending ontand means on the anchoring member ar-.

ranged to engage said shoulders to hold the front member in cooperative relation w th the anchoring member, S2l1(l'm82t11S\b8111g 111 the form of oil-set portions extending ontwardly from the anchoring portion beyond the ends of the flanges, said off-set portions being yresilient, so as to engage said shouldersf CHARLES E. STURGIS. 

